Flowering Dogwood Fact Sheet

Flowering dogwood cornaceae cornus florida l.

Flowering dogwood fact sheet.

There are 30 to 50 species of dogwood that are native to temperate areas of north america and eurasia. Tree facts bud buds bark leaves fruit flowers twigs seeds bud scar leaf scar. The flowers consist of four bracts which subtend the small head of yellow flowers. The state tree of virginia the flowering dogwood has conspicuous white to light yellow flowers that offer magnificent blooms in spring.

Opposite simple 3 to 5 inches long oval in shape with an entire or slightly wavy margin arcuately veined green above and slightly paler below. In mid april the buds have begun to enlarge and open slightly. Cornus florida l flowering dogwood is a small bushy tree which rarely attains a height of more than 40 feet or a diameter of 12 to 18 inches. Buds are onion shaped and their presence makes the tree easy to identify even in winter.

Dogwood is a type of flowering tree that belongs to the family cornaceae. Flowering dogwood has large showy. The state tree of virginia flowering dogwood grows 20 to 35 feet tall and spreads 25 to 30 feet fig. It can be trained with one central trunk or as a picturesque multi trunked tree.

Photographs of flower buds of flowering dogwood. The deeply ridged and broken bark resembles alligator hide. Very small and inconspicuous tight cluster but surrounded by 4 very showy large white occasionally pink bracts 2 inches in diameter appearing in mid spring. These species vary wildly from shrubs to deciduous temperate trees and evergreens.

One of the most common species and the one about which you ve most likely heard is the flowering dogwood. The leaves are opposite one another and from 3 to 6 inches long. For example the blackfruit cornel native to california has small yellow green blooms and a fruit which turns black when ripe.